# tech    

the nineties want their techno-utopia back

There's a cottage industry of techno-utopians out to convince us that their wildest computer-based dreams are right around the corner.
the nineties want their techno-utopia back

# science    

how think tanks could buy themselves a study

Mark Regnerus' study of homosexual parenting is rife with cherry-picking, misrepresentation, and baseless assertions. This is why he's being so harshly criticized.
how think tanks could buy themselves a study

# science    

want more stem grads? open your wallet…

Everybody seems to want more STEM majors, scientists and highly trained engineers. But nobody seems to want to pay for them.
want more stem grads? open your wallet…

# evolution    

how to fail in publicly defending creationism

Why do creationists insist on demanding evidence that's been produced so many times over?
how to fail in publicly defending creationism

# evolution    

south korea's schools buckle to creationists

South Korea inexplicably allows its creationists to censor passages about evolution in science textbooks.
south korea's schools buckle to creationists

# science    

who will save us from the gmo monster?

Anti-GMO activism is the left's version of global warming denialism and it's just as vicious and fact-free.
who will save us from the gmo monster?

# tech    

does cyberwar's digital bell toll for thee?

Yes, cyber warfare is real. No, the next attack won't plunge us back into the Stone Age.
does cyberwar's digital bell toll for thee?

# tech    

why your antivirus app can't always save you

Just because you have antivirus doesn't mean your computer is now invulnerable. Far from it in fact.
why your antivirus app can't always save you

# tech    

to code or not to code? that is the question…

The flip side of technophobia and lamentations about the dehumanizing effect of gadgets? Trying to force everyone to code and insisting it's a vital skill, like literacy.
to code or not to code? that is the question…

# tech    

why cyberwarfare won't become violent…

Cyber espionage is a lot more effective than an all out attack. So why are we being told to brace for the latter rather than deal with the former?
why cyberwarfare won't become violent…

# space    

and yet they still just don't get it…

Development wonks want entrepreneurs trying to start a new age of space exploration to abandon their effort and throw good money after bad at the developing world.
and yet they still just don't get it…

# tech    

why you just can't black box an a.i.

AI enthusiasts love to write about machines as black boxes with inputs and outputs because they don't know how they would actually be built.
why you just can't black box an a.i.

# tech    

technophobia is alive, well, and still wrong

Ted Kaczynski's technophobic manifesto lives on and its ideas found an appreciative audience.
technophobia is alive, well, and still wrong

# tech    

censoring the web one keyword at a time

Governments censoring, filtering, and manipulating the internet, so hot right now.
censoring the web one keyword at a time

# science    

the challenge of popular science writing

No good deed goes unpunished, including writing a science book that will get critiqued by scientists who aren't shy about getting pedantic.
the challenge of popular science writing

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